Russia's Space Program Appears to Be Completely Falling Apart

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Russia's Space Program Appears to Be Completely Falling Apart
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A grim decline into decrepitude... and they can't even pay rent.

that the odds of that happening are "very close to zero," considering that, somehow, only the cooling systems were damaged both times.

And let's not forget that another Soyuz back in 2018 also sprang a leak due to a hole drilled into one of the compartment walls which may have been present before its launch.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, Roscmosos is apparently drowning in so much debt that it can't even pay rent. The agency relies on the Baikonur Cosmodrome, one of the world's foremost spaceports in Kazakhstan, to launch all its crewed missions which include bringing NASA astronauts to the ISS. But whether it can continue using Baikonur now seems in jeopardy. Last week, a fed-up Kazakh government, since the agency reportedly owes the government a substantial amount of money for using its spaceport.

Getting off the ground may yet prove to be a major hindrance, but maintaining its crewed foothold in space isn't looking any better, either. The ISS is

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